Because I’m sure no
one’s ever asked that question. Except
for, you know, thousands of people prior to this post. And I’m pretty sure that’s been the premise
of several dozen TV show episodes, movies, and likely a few video games,
paradoxical as that sounds.
In the interest of
preparing new stuff for Cross-Up -- including a post this Friday that you’ll never see coming, whoa ho! -- there happened to be a
promo for a
what’s-old-is-new-again show, Where
on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? The
central question? Pretty much the same
as this post’s title. Apparently, in the
context of that show everything takes place in some kind of virtual reality,
which would probably explain why the game/show keeps finding ways to let Carmen
escape danger unscathed -- no Carmen = no show.
Hmmm. Villains carrying a story. That could make for a good post one day. But let’s focus on this one for now.
Whatever the case, the
promo’s question got me thinking. And
with video games being as vital to me as one of my lungs, I came up with an
immediate answer: no, of course I
wouldn’t. Setting aside the fact
that the real world offers up plenty of places to explore and people to meet, I
have a hard time imagining a scenario where I go, “Yep! I’d sure want to go into that super-lethal,
probably-about-to-face-doomsday world!”
I mean, maybe I’d go if I could just be an out-of-the-way NPC, but
anything else? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh…maybe
someplace pleasant like Mario Sunshine’s Delfino
Isle, or pretty much anywhere in Kirby’s
Epic Yarn.
Probably not Zelda, though. For
obvious reasons. (NOTE: Picture
NSFYS -- Not Safe for your Soul)
But that’s enough out
of me. Let’s open the floor for
debate. So, in a scenario where you, with
your current physical ability and skill set, were to warp inside of a game and
stay there until completing some arbitrary task (as these things tend to go), would you ever want to live in the world of
a video game? If yes, why, and which
game world? If no, why not?
Let’s get this
experiment going, shall we? Ready? Set?
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